Snow-shoe.



:PATBNTED AUG.4,19'03.

G. E. PEELPS.

SNOW SHOE.

ArPLIoATIoN FILED FEB. 7, 190s.

No MODEL.

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y UNITED STATES Patented August 4.-, 1903.

PATENT GFFICE.

SPECIFIGATION forming pari'. 0f Letters Patent N0. 735,290, dated. August 4.-, 1903. Application iiled February '7, 1903. Serial No. 142,267. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, OHANDLEY EARL PHELPS, of Boonville, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow-Shoes;

and I do hereby declare `that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe in-v vention, which will enable others skilled .in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 4and to the Iignres of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The object of myinvention is to provide a construction for snow-shoes which is strong and efficient and obviates breakages that have heretofore frequently occurred in snow-shoes on account of their defective construction.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a snow-shoe embodying the features of my construction. A section on line A B of Fig. l on an enlarged Fig. 3 shows a perspective View of the cross-bar hanger employed in the construction on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the reference-iigures in a more particular description, l indicates the bow whichforms the frame of the shoe, which is carried back in the usual manner in extensions 1a l, which are secured together. The frame is provided with two cross bars or beams 2 and 3 at the front and rear portions of the opening in the frame, respectively. These cross-bars are made of sufficient length to give the desired spread to the frame at the points `where they are introduced, and the ends abut against-theinnerfwallof thebow, as clearly appears from an examination of Fig. 2. For

Fig. 2is a cross-` supporting the bars there are provided the `hangers 4. These hangers consist of a portion end, which extend across the topof bow,

with a lip extending down ,onthe outer side. These hangers are secured to the bow by small screws 5. The lacing 6 is introduced between the bars 2 and 3 and the opposite parts of the bow between the bars 2 and 3. The hangers 4 are preferably made of a light metal, as aluminium. In this construction the bow, which is necessarily of light material and usually of wood, is as strong at the point of engagement of the cross-bars 2 and 3 as at any other portion of its length, and snow-shoes constructed according to the described plan are not subject to breakage at the ends of the bars 2 and 3, as those heretofore constructed have been.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination in a snow-shoe of the bowframe, the cross-bars and the hanger et having a wall extending down on the inside of the face of the bow and a socket therein to receive the end of the cross-bars and having means for securing it to the top of the bow, substantially as set forth. In witness whereof I have aflxed my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 31st day of January, 1903.

OHANDLEY EARL PHELIjS.l Witnesses: y

CHARLES E. RICHARDs, FRANK SARGENT. 

